MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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